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This Blog has been specifically created for Mr. MacArthur's ComMedia Class at Tolland High School for the Spring Semester, 2006. We will be following the big stories of the next few months and how they're covered (or not covered) in the media (MsM and Alt!).

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Sunday, March 08, 2009

Is President Obama a Natural-born Citizen?


The quick answer: yes.

How would I know? Well, there's this news from today's (Sunday, 3/9/09) papers:
A federal judge on Thursday threw out a lawsuit questioning President Barack Obama's citizenship, lambasting the case as a waste of the court's time and suggesting the plaintiff's attorney may have to compensate the president's lawyer. . . "This case, if it were allowed to proceed, would deserve mention in one of those books that seek to prove that the law is foolish or that America has too many lawyers with not enough to do," U.S. District Judge James Robertson* said in his written opinion.
But I would direct your attention to this answer from Snopes.com. Snopes is a great resource for whenever you hear something and you say "Now, wait a minute. Are you sure about that?"

Okay, so if you've read those two sources, you're probably wondering what all the brouhaha is about. Well, now look at this, from The American Thinker. And what is the American Thinker. Let's see. Hmmm. Looks pretty conservative to me.

And here's one more that seems to be pretty legitimate. If you ask me, this is one myth that's been busted.

posted by Mr. Mac | 11:20 PM

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I remember hearing about this a while ago, when Obama was just elected. But as long as he was born in the U.S. (which he was), he's fine. I know that he had a dual citizenship with the U.S. and Kenya until he was 21, could that have been the issue that people were thinking of?
-Elizabeth G.

6:23 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yeah, I think it's kind of silly that people are groping for these sort of false accusations such as this one to try and chuck him out of office. He's there people, and he's staying for the next four years, God willing... get over it.
And this is coming from a very Conservative Republican, believe it or not, haha. But I do believe in supporting the president we've got, even if I don't entirely agree with his policies or ideals. Jus' sayin.

Oh and I love Myth Busters btw. Just wanted to say that too haha.
-Amanda Michaels :)

8:25 PM  

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